Emily A. Gordon
@emdashes.bsky.social
Terminally online since LambdaMOO. Madisonian turned New Yorker turned Chicagoan turned New Havenite turned Oaklander, proud dual 🇨🇦
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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You know you’re in a recession when even a bear can’t find a nice house to live under
A 550lb bear living under a southern California home for over a month has been removed
‘Boom, he’s out’: bear living ‘rent-free’ under California home has been removed
The 550lb black bear was drawn out with paintball guns after it had resided under the home for more than a month
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 AM
You know you’re in a recession when even a bear can’t find a nice house to live under
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I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Such a good quote!
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Such a good quote!
My copyeditor colleague in the ‘90s once bludgeoned her new keyboard with her fists. She’d learned dozens of new systems and was done
when I entered the workforce I was surrounded by kindly older folks who referred to computers as "'puters." I never hear that anymore. I hope they're out there, still abbreviating. or in that great fax machine in the sky
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 AM
My copyeditor colleague in the ‘90s once bludgeoned her new keyboard with her fists. She’d learned dozens of new systems and was done
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listen up private. the GI bill has been revoked and your enlistment has been extended into lifetime service. you have been reassigned to the 118th doordash division delivering $50 boba tea orders to critically sip-deficient regions
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
listen up private. the GI bill has been revoked and your enlistment has been extended into lifetime service. you have been reassigned to the 118th doordash division delivering $50 boba tea orders to critically sip-deficient regions
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War is the consequence of failed communication. It’s also the easiest, bile-induced action a nation can take.
January 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
War is the consequence of failed communication. It’s also the easiest, bile-induced action a nation can take.
“Not for the first time, and not for the last, I’m going to make the observation that it’s going to be hard to figure out how to fight wars over sunshine.”
International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
billmckibben.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“Not for the first time, and not for the last, I’m going to make the observation that it’s going to be hard to figure out how to fight wars over sunshine.”
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Ken Burns, look me in the eyes, man. Every time I start talking I can see you start slowly panning across my face
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Ken Burns, look me in the eyes, man. Every time I start talking I can see you start slowly panning across my face
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Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this?
DOJ: Yes.
DOJ: Yes.
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this?
DOJ: Yes.
DOJ: Yes.
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“Real New Yorkers never get leisure time [and that’s the way we like it]” makes me think it’s time for a revival of the old labor slogan
August 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Real New Yorkers never get leisure time [and that’s the way we like it]” makes me think it’s time for a revival of the old labor slogan
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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If the US government had to pay for medical care of its citizens, it might care more about climate change impacts, air and water pollution, gun violence, traffic crashes, the food we eat, etc. It’s past time for single payer healthcare.
August 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
If the US government had to pay for medical care of its citizens, it might care more about climate change impacts, air and water pollution, gun violence, traffic crashes, the food we eat, etc. It’s past time for single payer healthcare.
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Interesting pharmacology fact circa 35 mins in.
Without googling, how many plastic surgeons do you reckon there were pre-WW2?
Without googling, how many plastic surgeons do you reckon there were pre-WW2?
August 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Interesting pharmacology fact circa 35 mins in.
Without googling, how many plastic surgeons do you reckon there were pre-WW2?
Without googling, how many plastic surgeons do you reckon there were pre-WW2?
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BBC: “Long Covid patients gaslit by GPs, study finds”
“Dr. Sazana Jayadeva, a research fellow at the university, said a "shift was needed in medical culture" following the findings”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Dr. Sazana Jayadeva, a research fellow at the university, said a "shift was needed in medical culture" following the findings”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Long Covid patients gaslit by GPs, Surrey study finds
The University of Surrey study says patients faced "gatekeeping" of medical treatment from doctors.
www.bbc.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
BBC: “Long Covid patients gaslit by GPs, study finds”
“Dr. Sazana Jayadeva, a research fellow at the university, said a "shift was needed in medical culture" following the findings”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Dr. Sazana Jayadeva, a research fellow at the university, said a "shift was needed in medical culture" following the findings”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“Some workers hid from the officers in the warehouse’s towering rafters, remaining there for hours even after officers flew a drone inside the warehouse to try to find them. …
“Some texted relatives from their hiding spots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
“Some texted relatives from their hiding spots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
Federal Agents Detain Dozens of Workers in Raid at New Jersey Warehouse
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“Some workers hid from the officers in the warehouse’s towering rafters, remaining there for hours even after officers flew a drone inside the warehouse to try to find them. …
“Some texted relatives from their hiding spots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
“Some texted relatives from their hiding spots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
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Can't stop thinking about the farmworker families in Monterey County found living in greenhouses—100 people, including toddlers, crammed into makeshift shelter without ventilation.
And now, many of those same children live with the fear that their parents will be picked up and disappeared by ICE.
And now, many of those same children live with the fear that their parents will be picked up and disappeared by ICE.
Grower fined for housing people in converted greenhouse
Investigators say dozens of people, including women and children, were living in an illegally converted greenhouse for several months.
www.ksbw.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Can't stop thinking about the farmworker families in Monterey County found living in greenhouses—100 people, including toddlers, crammed into makeshift shelter without ventilation.
And now, many of those same children live with the fear that their parents will be picked up and disappeared by ICE.
And now, many of those same children live with the fear that their parents will be picked up and disappeared by ICE.
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I know news needs to report on this …
“Can I just be the Dominican traffic conductor who honks people on the head when they block the box/”
“Cuomo will fight Trump”
NO HE WILL NOT WHO LIED TO YOU
*bonk*
DALE PATRA!!
( GO BACK GO BACK)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Ca8fYh/
“Can I just be the Dominican traffic conductor who honks people on the head when they block the box/”
“Cuomo will fight Trump”
NO HE WILL NOT WHO LIED TO YOU
*bonk*
DALE PATRA!!
( GO BACK GO BACK)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Ca8fYh/
August 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I know news needs to report on this …
“Can I just be the Dominican traffic conductor who honks people on the head when they block the box/”
“Cuomo will fight Trump”
NO HE WILL NOT WHO LIED TO YOU
*bonk*
DALE PATRA!!
( GO BACK GO BACK)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Ca8fYh/
“Can I just be the Dominican traffic conductor who honks people on the head when they block the box/”
“Cuomo will fight Trump”
NO HE WILL NOT WHO LIED TO YOU
*bonk*
DALE PATRA!!
( GO BACK GO BACK)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Ca8fYh/
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Just had to pick up a few things in the local Tesco, as is the customary greeting in this part of Lancashire, the woman on the till went “Hi a’reet?” And I gave the customary reply “aye, not s’bad.” Then after a pause “that was a lie, I’ve had a shit day to be honest” and she burst into laughter
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just had to pick up a few things in the local Tesco, as is the customary greeting in this part of Lancashire, the woman on the till went “Hi a’reet?” And I gave the customary reply “aye, not s’bad.” Then after a pause “that was a lie, I’ve had a shit day to be honest” and she burst into laughter
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You, an idiot: ok Billy Joel what’s a real estate novelist lol
Me, an intellectual: every building has at least one story
Me, an intellectual: every building has at least one story
August 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You, an idiot: ok Billy Joel what’s a real estate novelist lol
Me, an intellectual: every building has at least one story
Me, an intellectual: every building has at least one story
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Instead of going to jail with Trump, JD Vance should be sentenced to have a tuba player follow him around at all times honking away
August 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Instead of going to jail with Trump, JD Vance should be sentenced to have a tuba player follow him around at all times honking away
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The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.
August 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.